ROOTS TO SMELL - respira

The experience

Herbs, flowers, roots, bark: over the centuries Mother Nature has revealed her secrets to grandmothers, mothers and daughters. There are plants for every taste, herbs for preserving, roots for healing.

ROOTS TO SMELL – respira is an immersive roots laboratory to discover the world of plants in the tradition of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Our grandmothers of the past preserved a heritage of unique ancestral knowledge: they knew herbs and their uses. A knowledge of women, mainly, because that of herbs was an exclusively female world. There are herbs that relieve pain, others that induce it. There are miraculous plants with a thousand benefits that grow on the sides of country roads or under mountain woods. This knowledge, lost today, is still guarded jealously and with love by some women and men who are very attached to tradition. The activity is proposed as an experiential laboratory in which the custodians of the traditional uses of plants and herbs will share ancient knowledge with you and ancient techniques that belonged to their ancestors. What are edible plants and flowers? What are their main uses? When to harvest? Where to collect? How to dry? These are some of the questions that will find stimulating answers. You will be invited to sensorially explore the world of plants and herbs, learning ancient secrets and enjoying tasting herbal teas and infusions. To accompany you on this experiential journey into the world of the scents of herbs and plants, tales of women healers, wild women, witches and Agane who populate the mythical and legendary tales, fairy tales and stories of our territory, once told to the children around on fire. The entire activity is conducted by experts in traditional herbs and plants and by a root storyteller.

ROOTS TO SMELL – breathe is part of FEELING ROOTS, the program of roots workshops designed specifically for you and for all those seeking answers to their origins in our region. As a roots traveler, who chooses one of the FEELING ROOTS activities, you will receive the Roots Diary. The Roots Diary is a portfolio designed to preserve memories, impressions, photographs, notes and notes of the journey of discovery of one’s origins. A tool that can accompany you throughout your journey, a guardian tool and witness to a truly unique experience for you.